JCB - Wed November 18, 2020
Loadall Goes All Electric As Zero Emissions Take Center Stage
JCB expanded its E-TECH range of zero-emissions machines with the launch of its first ever electric Loadall telescopic handler model. More than 43 years after the company pioneered the concept of telescopic handlers, JCB is introducing the 505-20E, a full electric version of the popular Loadall....
JCB - Thu October 22, 2020
From Garage to Global Force: JCB Marks 75 Years in Business
JCB was founded on Oct. 23, 1945, by the late Joseph Cyril Bamford in a tiny lock-up garage in the Staffordshire market town of Uttoxeter in the UK. It was the same day his son Anthony, now Lord Bamford, was born, and as Bamford remarked "being presented with a son tended to concentrate the mind and when you were starting at the bottom, there was only one way to go and that was up."The foundation for the growth that was to follow was the manufacture of a tipping trailer made from war time scrap, which today stands proudly in the showroom of JCB's World HQ....
CEG - Thu October 08, 2020
Canyon Springs Landscaping, JCB Make Maine Beautiful
Canyon Springs Landscaping is a veteran-owned and family-operated landscaping firm that is on the move. The company, which serves central and southern Maine, has a portfolio that includes hardscape — patios, walkways, retaining walls, stone veneer and outdoor kitchens — snow removal, light excavation work, and water projects, including ponds, waterfalls, stream creation and fountains....
JCB - Mon October 05, 2020
JCB Celebrates Retirement of Neil Smith
Since 1976, Neil Smith has represented JCB in a number of roles, most recently as the head of the company's North American demonstration team. But you also can find him in the Guinness Book of World Records as the holder of the record for the longest trip made in an excavator, or as the driver of the world famous 100 mph drag-racing backhoe, the JCB GT....
JCB - Mon September 14, 2020
JCB Awarded Share of $600M Defense Logistics Agent Contract
JCB has been awarded a share of a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract as part of the DLA's Heavy Equipment Procurement Program. The contract gives JCB eligibility to provide construction machines, some of which are manufactured at JCB's North American Headquarters in Pooler, Ga., to every branch of the U.S....
JCB - Wed September 02, 2020
JCB Launches 66-40E Electric Teletruk
JCB announced the launch of the 66-40E Electric Teletruk to customers in the United States. The 66-40E industrial forklift features a forward reach in a market that has standardized a straight mast. Additionally, as the company's latest zero emissions machine, the 66-40E Teletruk delivers the material handling capability of an industrial forklift with an exceptional operator environment, according to the manufacturer....
JCB - Mon August 31, 2020
Vintage JCB Machine Restored to Former Glory
One of JCB's longest-standing customers has unwrapped a unique present — a vintage backhoe loader restored to its former glory to mark the equipment manufacturer's approaching 75th anniversary. Lincolnshire-based Eric Carnaby & Son has been a customer since 1959 and over the following six decades has bought more than 150 JCB machines....
CEG - Thu August 13, 2020
JCB Delivers First 150X Excavator in North America
Recently, the town of Plymouth in Chenango County, N.Y., not far from Norwich, N.Y., took possession of the very first JCB model 150X Tier IV Final excavator to be delivered in North America. Powered by the JCB EcoMax engine, these new excavators boast an enhanced operator environment with a 15 percent larger cab; ease of operation; great efficiencies; ground level access to key service inspection areas; and performance enhancements that have increased the overall capacities of the excavator, according to the manufacturer....
CEG - Wed August 12, 2020
Northland JCB Helping Company Keep High-End Lakefront Properties Beautiful
Pleasant Hill Property Services, located in the foothills of western Maine, specializes in working on high-end lakefront properties in environmentally sensitive areas. Owner Jason Shiers uses Avant compact loaders, purchased through Northland JCB, to help him achieve results that make customers happy....
CEG - Mon July 27, 2020
JCB SoCal Appoints Newest Dealer-Principal
SoCal JCB came under new management in April, as long time equipment veteran Brady Colton took over the reins of the Fontana location which had previously been operated as a corporate store. As Dealer-Principal, Colton will be responsible for all aspects of the dealership....
